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A young patient with pleuroperitoneal endometriosis presented with an haemorrhagic effusion. Two years later, she developed massive ascites with resolved after treatment with oral Danazol and Depo-Provera injections. (AU)
Assuntos
Humanos , Adulto , Feminino , Hemotórax/etiologia , Ascite/etiologia , Endometriose/complicações , Danazol/uso terapêutico , Ascite/tratamento farmacológico , Laparoscopia , Progesterona/uso terapêutico , Endometriose/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
A review of penetrating wounds of the chest seen at the University Hospital of the West Indies during the period January, 1974 to December, 1976, is presented. Haemothorax can be successfully treated by tube thoracostomy and underwater seal drainage. Emergency thoracotomy was necessary for bleeding in excess of 1,000 cc after tube thoracostomy, continued bleeding following tube thorascomy with associated signs of shock, a large entry wound, cardiac tamponade and associated inta-abdominal injury. All patients with cardiac tamponade who reached the hospital alive survived following thoracotomy and cardiorrhaphy (AU)
